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Is it true that plant roots produce weak acids that dissolves rocks?
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∙ 10y ago
- yes they do produce weak acids that dissolve rocks
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∙ 10y ago
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What was the first plant to grow on the world?
no definitive evidence exists to demonstrate a "first" plant, and as such it is impossible to answer this question.
Does a dead plant or a rock decompose in soil?
Plant matter decomposes; rocks erode; both contribute to soil quality and type.
What rigid material does a plant cell wall contain?
Cellulose gives strength and rigidity to plant cells.
What plant roots grow into cracks in rocks and force the cracks wider?
I'm not for sure but I think its weeds
What is the difference betwween a biological wax and a mineral wax?
Biological waxes are typically esters of fatty acids and long chain alcohols. Mineral waxes are typically long-chain hydrocarbons lacking functional groups. Biological waxes are produced from plant material or derived from animal products - mostly bees and wool (lanolin). Mineral wax is from minerals or rocks and typically from petroleum (paraffin) or coal or polyethylene.
How do plants contribute to mechanical weathering?
They produce acids that can weather rocks and minerals that dissolves the rocks
What are plant like organisms that grow on rocks and produce weak acids that chemicaly weathers rocks?
Lichens
What is human acidity?
human acid is caused by plant acids, known as the humic acids. Mosses and lichens provide a good example. As these three plants grow on rocks, they produce acids that, in turn, break down the minerals found within the rocks.
What is the difference between tannic acid and tannin?
Plant roots also produce acid that reacts with rocks. Plants produce a substance called tannin. In solution, tannin forms tannic acid which dissolves some minerals in rocks.
What is plant acids?
carbonic acids dissolve rocks, and caves from underground.
What do the rhizoids of bryophytes do?
A. Absorb water and mineralsB. Holds the plant in placeC. Makes an acid that dissolves rocks
What do chemical reactions of water oxygen and acids on rocks eventually produce?
clay, minerals and sand.
How do you think the term organic acid and minera l acids came to be used?
organic acids are used from plant origin and anima orgin ....... mineral acids arew used from mineral rocks...
What doesn't dissolves into water?
rocks
Is plant growth mechanical or chemical?
Plant growth is both a chemical and mechanical process. The roots secrete mild acids that dissolve minerals in rocks, and the plant's roots and stems can increase in size and force rocks apart inside cracks and crevices.
Lichens and mosses erode rocks by producing?
Lichens and mosses erode rocks by producing acids. These acids lead to the deterioration of rocks, such as limestone and marble.
Do natural acids mechanically or chemically weather rocks?
The answer to your question is: Natural acids chemically weather rocks, hope that helped....
